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>I remember well the jokes about Perot being crazy, frequently used to dismiss his views. Was he crazy or was he made to look that way as an excuse to dismiss

>I remember well the jokes about Perot being crazy, frequently used to dismiss his views. Was he crazy or was he made to look that way as an excuse to dismiss his views? Sitting here in the 2020s knowing what we know now about "how it all works" it sure does cast a lot of doubt upon the past.

rapnie 10mo ago
Isn't is similar to Carter being depicted as a 'weak president' because he had more progressive ideas than an average US president, which make similar amount of sense.. and hence best ridiculed as a threat to "greed is good" prevailing ethos.
- starik36 10mo ago
  He was depicted as weak because during his time an entire US embassy was held hostage in Iran for more than a year. Couple that with inflation reaching 14.8% and now you understand why.
okaram 10mo ago
Porque no los dos? He was a super-rich guy, who had had too many people telling him he was a genius for way too long (reminds you of anybody?), and so was way too sure of himself. A bunch of his ideas were crazy, which doesn't mean others weren't trying to dismiss his views.
- efitz 10mo ago
  > A bunch of his ideas were crazy Which ones? btw young idealistic me voted for Perot in 1992
  - naasking 10mo ago
    I too would like to know.
  - chucky_z 10mo ago
    All shoe sizes should only be small, medium, and large. He really did have a lot of very ridiculous ideas. He also had a lot of extremely good ideas and incredible understanding of socioeconomic conditions. His book “United We Stand” with modern context is quite amazing considering it came out in the early 90s.
resumenext 10mo ago
Powerful people like those who control both parties and our news media don’t tolerate outsiders. When you have the power any deviation from status quo is a threat. A side effect of this is that voters stop listening to the talking heads and politicos when they call some political outsider a dangerous loon even when that may be a valid point.
- resumenext 10mo ago
  I’m not directing that last sentence at the president or RFK, but I’m guessing that’s the reason for the downvotes?
secretmark 10mo ago
The POW stuff was actual insanity
dfxm12 10mo ago
If you're interested and aren't willing to take OP's word for it, the 90s are recent enough that you can probably read contemporary news articles/opinions pieces about him online (and almost certainly at your library). You can also read up on his views/life on Wikipedia.

rapnie 10mo ago

Isn't is similar to Carter being depicted as a 'weak president' because he had more progressive ideas than an average US president, which make similar amount of sense.. and hence best ridiculed as a threat to "greed is good" prevailing ethos.

starik36 10mo ago
He was depicted as weak because during his time an entire US embassy was held hostage in Iran for more than a year. Couple that with inflation reaching 14.8% and now you understand why.

okaram 10mo ago

Porque no los dos? He was a super-rich guy, who had had too many people telling him he was a genius for way too long (reminds you of anybody?), and so was way too sure of himself. A bunch of his ideas were crazy, which doesn't mean others weren't trying to dismiss his views.

efitz 10mo ago
> A bunch of his ideas were crazy Which ones? btw young idealistic me voted for Perot in 1992
- naasking 10mo ago
  I too would like to know.
- chucky_z 10mo ago
  All shoe sizes should only be small, medium, and large. He really did have a lot of very ridiculous ideas. He also had a lot of extremely good ideas and incredible understanding of socioeconomic conditions. His book “United We Stand” with modern context is quite amazing considering it came out in the early 90s.

resumenext 10mo ago

Powerful people like those who control both parties and our news media don’t tolerate outsiders. When you have the power any deviation from status quo is a threat. A side effect of this is that voters stop listening to the talking heads and politicos when they call some political outsider a dangerous loon even when that may be a valid point.

resumenext 10mo ago
I’m not directing that last sentence at the president or RFK, but I’m guessing that’s the reason for the downvotes?

secretmark 10mo ago

The POW stuff was actual insanity

dfxm12 10mo ago

If you're interested and aren't willing to take OP's word for it, the 90s are recent enough that you can probably read contemporary news articles/opinions pieces about him online (and almost certainly at your library). You can also read up on his views/life on Wikipedia.